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Elijah Chappell v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 25-1049 · judgment March 12, 2026


Pending

Questions presented

  1. Whether statements that responding officers elicit from bystanders who are never identified, never produced, and never cross-examined, and that are captured on the officers’ body-worn cameras, are testimonial under the Confrontation Clause when the recordings are admitted at trial as substantive evidence of the defendant’s guilt.

  2. Whether a court may deny a hearing under Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978), and credit the untested remainder of a five-paragraph search-warrant affidavit as a basis for probable cause, without ever determining whether the affiant’s challenged statements were false or recklessly made.

  3. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1), which permanently disarms every person convicted of a felony, is facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James W Amberg
Amberg & Amberg, PLLC

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
25A1358

Proceedings

  1. Aug 27 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  2. Aug 19 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  3. Aug 09 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 14, 2026)
  4. Jun 05 2026
    Application (25A1358) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until August 9, 2026.
  5. Jun 01 2026
    Application (25A1358) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 10, 2026 to August 9, 2026, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.